SPRING EQUINOX

Spring is a time to return to the fire.  The equinox is a magical time when water and fire (winter and spring) blend together.  This is an opportune time for creative expression and to invoke the energy that will assist you in making things new within your life.  In short, it is the season of creation and expression of the new.

New seeds begin to sprout, flowers bloom, and Earth begins to resurrect herself. Even the Christian religion celebrates the story of the sorrowful Crucifixion (the old) and the promise of resurrection (new life) during this time of the year.  Easter is the one holy day determined by the stars.

The seasons are designed to promote specific evolutionary needs, by exposing us to the universal cycle of influence.  The spring equinox is a time when the veil between the physical world and spiritual are thinned, thus inaugurating the two worlds and pushing us out of the Earth and into the air, like a sprouting seed.   

So roll away the stones of limitation and allow the light to shine upon you.  Wiggle your way out of that cocoon and spread those new wings; it’s time to fly!

 

 

 

CHRISTMAS IN THE HOSPITAL

As I lie still by myself with tubes and wires extending from my hands and arms in the darkness of what is, I couldn’t help but compare myself to my father.  Is this how he felt when he was laying by himself in a hospital bed, miles away from his family on Christmas day?

I’m only two months short of his age when he passed away on December 27, in 1996.  I thought I was healthier than he was at this age.  I can only imagine the sadness felt by my mother and my siblings as history repeats. 

“Dad, help me through this.  This can’t happen again.  Not now.  Not like this.”

“Jesus, comfort me on this Holy night, as you have so many times before.  Wrap me in your love till I glow like a Christmas tree.  It would be so much easier to surrender to you here and now, but please give me the courage and the strength to live.”

There was no warmth of a Christmas tree, or the festive colors of gold, white, yellow, green and red in the darkness of the cut and grab critical care room.  But, the night felt just as holy as the Christmas nights passed within my own home of love. 

I felt better knowing that my dad most likely felt the same way on that Christmas holiday in 1996.  He wasn’t any more alone than I was at this moment in time.  My dad is with me this Christmas night, along with the spirits of love that crossed before me. 

Apparently, my Christmas wish was gifted that night.  I’m still here and doing much better than I was.  It wasn’t only my wish that was granted, but also the prayers of those who shinned their love on me that holiday season. 

In case you didn’t read it on a Facebook post, or I didn’t get a chance to tell you personally - thank you.  I love you all; each and every one of you.  I don’t even have to know you; I love you, because in the end, love is all that matters.

It’s kind of like when someone you know dies.  All the bad things you may have felt about that person just dissolve and disappear in the atmosphere somewhere.  We become forgiving and the only thing left is the good that we remember.  Our love is what shines on in this world; and it’s the only thing we can take with us to the next.

Love on while you can ~ Peace out!

 

My Dad



PRAYER FOR THE PHYSICAL BODY - Love Honor & Respect Yourself

The following is from a book called, “The Circle of Fire.” The author, Don Miguel Ruiz also wrote the international best seller, “The Four Agreements.”   The Circle of Fire is a book of inspiration and guided meditations for living in love and happiness – in short, it’s a feel good book.

 

Today I propose that you start a brand new relationship with your body.  I propose that you treat your physical body just as you would treat a precious loved one in your life.  Stop being selfish with your physical body, and give it whatever it needs to be healthy and happy.  Can you do that?

Today is a new day, a new beginning for you to give gratitude to our physical body for everything it does for you.  When you learn to lover your physical body, every activity can become a ritual of gratitude where you fully express the joy to be alive.  Every time you wash your body can be a prayer of gratitude to God.  Every time you eat can be more than a prayer; it can be a celebration of life because you are giving food to God so that life can keep going.  Beginning today, you can change your relationship with your physical body, and your whole life will change.

Prayer for the Physical Body

Today, Creator, I promise to make a new agreement with my physical body.  I promise to love my body unconditionally as my body loves me. I promise to protect and take care of my body.  I will never again reject my body, abuse my body, or be ashamed of how it looks.  From now on, I will accept my physical body as it is.  I will enjoy my body, and be grateful for all the pleasures of life it gives me.

 

Forgive me, Creator, for believing all the lies about my physical body.  Forgive me for judging my physical body against a false image of perfection.  Forgive me for everything I haven’t liked about my physical body.

Today, Creator, help me to see my physical body as a living temple where you live.  Help me to respect my body, to love and honor my body.  I know that to treat my physical body with respect, love and honor is to respect, love, and honor your creation.  Help me, Creator, to give my physical body whatever it needs to live in perfect health, harmony, and happiness with you.  Amen.

WHO AM I?

I am not one. I am two.  I’m lying in this hospital bed, and I’m not alone; someone shares my body with me.  My eyes open, and I see masked people in uniforms moving about me everywhere.  Primal instinct screams with resounding vibration - “I got to get out of here!”

I look down at my hands and my wrists are tied at my sides to frigid metal.  I yell, but I can not hear my voice.  Then something bolts from my chest and flees in fear.  A bird, the eye of Ra, and other symbols pour out and fill the room. Within my gaze the symbols circle a black bird.

Why have I split in two?  Who is in here with me?  This place is cold!  It’s dark and heavy.  I want to die!  Erase me!

 

This is what I experienced when I found myself in the hospital this past December.  I had just gone through a second surgery, the day after the initial operation.  The entire experience was a nightmare.  I feel ill simply writing about it.  

Why did I have to experience this dark underworld of the shadow land?

I think on some spiritual level, the entire ordeal was a rite of passage, or maybe a test. I had to face my fears and conquer the darkness of my own soul, so that I may evolve to another level.

Or maybe it was a lesson I had yet to learn?  After all, many people I speak to consider my belief in alternative healing to be a little unrealistic.  And I did find myself in a situation where my beliefs where challenged by traditional medicine.

Just two months previous I had the same symptoms that had landed me in the hospital, and I had healed myself.  No doctors, no surgery; just a strong belief in self healing, some herbs and creative visualization.  But, this belief did not leave much room for trust in those who made it their mission in life to heal others in a more conventional way.

I found myself questioning the intentions of my “greedy” doctors.  I was at their mercy.  I was totally dependent on their intelligence and ability. Healers, nurses, doctors, friends, prayers, you name it.  I even found myself totally dependent on my spouse as well.  Suddenly she was the one behind the wheel making household decisions and paying the bills. 

Corporations filled me with their pharmaceuticals, and then doctors cut me from my stomach to down south of my belly button.  They had their hands all through my guts; moving and rearranging things while searching for infection. 

I am not the same person I was by any means!   It’s taken me a minute to heal; I’ve had to move slower.  I see things a little differently these days.  I learned to not be so critical/suspicious of others.  And I learned that the best things in life are the ones that shine with love. 

When I finally left the hospital, it was the warmth and the love I found within my home, with visits from loved ones that lifted my spirits the highest.  Love is a powerful thing!  And I am so surrounded by it in many, many ways.   As we all are.  We are bound together by love.

I can go on and on about how barbaric and broken modern medicine can be, but instead of being negative and criticizing the profession, and in a roundabout way, those who chose that career, I think maybe it would be better if I simply share the positive information that is available regarding healing in general.  After all, pain pills are great!   

It is events like this that define who we are.  Who am I?  I choose love.

 

 

 

EXPECTATIONS - How to get out of a Speeding Ticket

If you look for the bad in people it isn’t hard to find, especially if your thoughts are focused on the negative aspect of persons personality or beliefs.

Take for instance my dog, Chewy Two Toes.  Chewy gets very excited when friends and family visit our home.  She acts like an overly excited bouncy dog with ADD (Attention Deficit Disorder), and she has a bad habit of jumping on people as they enter the door making their way to be seated.  Yet I can project how badly Chewy will act before hand, when I am aware of who is going to visit, due to their expectations of Chewy’s behavior.  Her behavior is much worse when others expect her to act badly.

Another example:  A person, who is afraid of dogs, is most likely to be bitten or attacked by a dog.  Animals (and humans) can sense fear.  When someone is fearful of you, you get kind of defensive.  I know I do.  Instead of being an open loving soul, you put a wall up as you ready for attack. 

The same is true if you regard someone as good natured; that goodness will resonate. 

Next time you get pulled over by a cop for speeding or whatever, send good thoughts towards the officer who is pulling you over.  I’ve done this twice and both times I walked away without a speeding ticket.

The first time I was in Ohio, a state that makes a living off of speeders.  I know because I use to live there.  We were visiting from Florida; we had out-of-state tags, and I was doing 80 mph in a 55 mph zone.  My wife was flipping out.  Her daughter was getting married, and she was late for a salon appointment.  Luckily I didn’t get so wrapped up in the drama that I forgot what I was taught.

Right away my thoughts went into action, “That officer is a nice looking young man.  It’s a beautiful day, and he’s in a good mood.  He doesn’t want to give me a ticket.  In a few minutes I’ll be on my way without a speeding ticket or without going to jail for driving so fast.”

And guess what, it worked.  Not once, but twice.  The second occurrence just happened yesterday. 

A deputy sheriff pulled me over for doing 53 mph in a 30 mph zone, as I was exiting the beach.  I just about forgot what I was taught in regards to my thoughts, until the wife asked the question, “I wonder how much this ticket is going to cost?”

Right away, I changed my thoughts as I described in the traffic stop in Ohio, “This kid is a good cop, he doesn’t want to give me a ticket.”  And again, I walked away without a ticket.

The secret is learning to discipline the mind.  The more you practice.  The easier it becomes.  Keep your thoughts pure and choose to see the good in people, instead of the bad.  When you find yourself thinking badly of a person, look at their good qualities and focus on the positive instead of the negative. 

The information is available to us to make the world a better place to live.  We just need to choose to use it.  Make it a loving, happy, positive day ~ expect only the best out of yourself and others.

 

 

KIDNEY & BLADDER INFECTIONS

(From the book, Natural Healing with Herbs, by Humbart Santillo BS, MH)

Principal Therapy – Blood Purification

Do a three day apple juice fast using an enema every morning adding one tablespoon of apple cider to two quarts of warm water.  Then use the cleansing diet in this book for seven days (avoid meats and sugar) with the addition of two ounces of parsley juice or liquid chlorophyll morning and night mixed in eight ounces of apple juice.

A.  Internal:  Pipsissewa tincture twenty drops and Echinacea tincture twenty drops taken together in one cup of water three to four times daily is a good remedy for kidney and bladder infections.

B. Internal:  Take Chaparral and Echinacea capsules.  Alternate them two every hour until pain stops.

C.  Internal:  Mix the following together:

            1 part plantain

            1 part slippery elm

            ½ pat ginger

            2 parts goldenseal

            1 part uva ursi

     

    Make an infusion. Drink one-half cup every one to two hours.

 

 

***  Now, when I did this cleanse for a mild bladder infection, I did the 3 day apple juice (fast) cleanse and DID NOT do the enema.  After 3 days I continued drinking the apple juice – at least 1 glass in the a.m. and one glass in the p.m., with a cup of Parsley tea.  I would also drink at least two glasses of water mixed with 5 full drops of Echinacea/Goldenseal extract & 5 full drops of Chaparral mixed with two glasses of water during the daytime.  I also would drink a cup of Dandelion Root Tea in the morning and again in the afternoon.  I also drank a glass or two of Cranberry juice sometime during the day.

 

Dandelion Root is a blood purifier.  It affects the liver, kidneys, gall bladder, stomach, pancreas, intestines and blood. ***

 

 

BLOOD PURIFICATION THERAPY is the therapy that is used to purify the blood and lymphatic system if acids and other poisons are causing disease, imbalances and irritations of glands, organs and body tissue.

 

If the blood and lymphatic system were pure, no disease would exist.  The bloodstream is the river of life during disease and health, the blood is constantly neutralizing poisons and carrying toxins to be eliminated.  Air pollution, chemical preservatives, food waste, the body’s natural cellular waste and stress can cause an accumulation of toxins in the body and result in disease at any organ, joint, or tissue site.

 

In adding blood and lymph cleansing, alternative herbs are used such as burdock root, red clover, Echinacea, chaparral, garlic, yellowdock, dandelion, etc.  Whenever there is an illness, blood purification, along with bowel cleansing (enemas, colonics) should be considered to assist blood purification therapy.  Short fast using water or vegetable broths, raw vegetable juices like carrot, celery, beet, watercress and citrus juices will help neutralize poisons in the bloodstream and will stimulate the cleansing functions of the liver, bowels and kidneys.  Deep breathing and exercise will aid in lung and skin elimination. Dry skin brushing and hydrotherapy help clean the blood and lymph and is very good for elderly people and weak individuals that cannot move around easily and be exposed to more energetic therapies.

 

Some blood cleaners are diuretics, others are hepatics (liver cleansers), others will influence other organs.  Take blood cleansing herbs between meals on an empty stomach.  If they cause nausea or stomach upset, adding some licorice root, ginger or other carminatives to the combination usually will help.  If this fails, take the herbs with meals or change the formula so it can be taken on an empty stomach.

 

The kidneys, lungs, liver, bowels and skin are the major eliminatory organs of the body.  Always consider herbs that will aid elimination through them to help purify the blood.  Stimulating hot and cold alternating fomentations over the weak organs will stimulate cleansing of these body parts.

 

Blood purification therapy is especially indicated during gout, arthritis, rheumatism, skin diseases, all toxic conditions, during fasts and periodically during cleansing and transition diets, acute and chronic illnesses, infections and low grade fevers.

 

Blood purification therapy is used to treat heat/excess, cold/deficient, internal and external problems.

 

In heat/excess the toxins in the blood and lymphatic system have to be removed.  Toxins and poisons produce heat in the body.  During cold/deficient illness an individual is feeling cold because of the organs not functioning properly.  If there is a heavy congestion in certain areas of the body, deobstruent therapy is indicated, but if the organs are receiving toxic, poor blood which is hindering the function of them, blood purification is the suitable therapy.

 

Whether the condition is internal (chronic) or external (acute) the blood needs to be purified.  It is one of the main therapies that can be used along with any other therapy needed.

 

 

 

THE POWER OF HAIR & PENSACOLA, FLORIDA

Pensacola (Florida) got its name from a Muskogee-speaking tribe of Indians who lived here (the Panzacola or Pansfalaya tribe).  The Choctaw called them the "long-haired people."

Since I live in Pensacola, I find this somewhat fascinating. I have always associated hair with spiritual strength, as in the symbolic biblical story of Samson and Delilah.  Even today’s dream dictionaries define hair as power flowing from the crown chakra; the longer the hair the more power. 

Long hair is often regarded as being outside the mainstream.  In contrast, short hair is often regarded as a symbol of obedience and discipline.  Partially due to its association with the military, police and prisons, but it was also used to humiliate and control the American Indian; cutting of hair often represents submission and defeat of a people.

There’s even a story about how the U.S. Army conducted experiments with Native American trackers during the Vietnam War.  After the newly enlisted Indian’s had their hair cut, they lost their natural abilities and failed to perform as expected in the field.  When questioned, the recruits said that after the required hair cuts, they could no longer sense the enemy; their intuition was gone.

Still don’t believe in the power of your hair?  Then tell me, what makes your hair stand up on the back of your neck when you sense danger?

I’ve even read one article that said Kirlian photography can capture the energy field around the hair; when hair is short or no hair at all the energy field of the aura is weakened. 

This brings me back to Pensacola – a place with a strong military presence (strength), and home to many hawks and eagles; visionaries who soar high, close to the Creator (intuition).  Not to mention the strong live oak trees that are prevalent in this area.  New Age and Indigenous beliefs both dictate that there are specific geological locations to have a certain mystic or psychic energy; a spiritual power of their own so to speak. 

The sand on Pensacola Beach is (or was) 96% quartz crystal, before the BP Oil Spill.  I don’t know how accurate that is now, but quartz crystal is known to amplify and focus energy based on thought and emotion.

The Manataka American Indian Council says, “The more pure and sacred your thoughts, the longer, healthier, and vibrant, your hair.”  Could this have been why the Choctaw called the Panzacola Tribe the "long-haired people”?   

I believe Pensacola Beach is a sacred place that has a magnified ability to heal.  It most definitely has drawn some very interesting healers to the area; artist and authors as well.  Some of who I plan to introduce here soon.  In addition there is still a strong Native American presence, mainly Muscogee Creek. 

If you care for and respect the wildlife, the land, and the water, it will return that love and help heal the hurt in you.  But you must keep your thoughts pure and your heart open.  It wouldn’t hurt to grow some hair either.

 

For a truly fascinating read and more information regarding the Native American symbolism of hair visit:  http://www.manataka.org/page1936.html

 

The Santa Rosa County Creek Indian Tribe, Inc

Presents it’s 24^th Annual Pow Wow Celebration on

November 22 & 23, 2014

At Historical Floridatown Park in Pace, Florida

9:00 am to 5:00 pm

ADMISSION IS FREE!